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Demonstrators raise their hands as they attend a protest at the Central District in Hong Kong, China, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
An extended, violent siege at Polytechnic University, where police have encircled students and activists, raises city tensions to a new high. China added fuel, signalling on Tuesday that Hong Kong courts lack power to rule on the constitutionality of legislation under its Basic Law. That can only be judged by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, a spokesman said, a day after Hong Kong’s High Court shot down a government ban on wearing face masks during demonstrations.
The Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, invoked Tiananmen Square and likened Hong Kong campuses to war zones in comments on Monday backing the proposal. He also advised Trump “not to shy away from speaking out on Hong Kong himself.”
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